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Analysis of Solar Energy Aggregation under Various Billing Mechanisms

open access: yes, 2018
Ongoing reductions in the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are driving their increased installations by residential households. Various incentive programs such as feed-in tariff, net metering, net purchase and sale that allow the prosumers to sell
Baeyens, Enrique   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Scenario-based forecast for the electricity demand in Qatar and the role of energy efficiency improvements [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
We model the electricity consumption in the market segment that compose the Qatari electricity market. We link electricity consumption to GDP growth and Population Growth.
Caporin, Massimiliano   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Strategic Sustainability Assessment in the Construction Sector: A Multidimensional Index for Decision Making in Decentralised Economies

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article evaluates the average business performance of construction firms across Spain's 17 autonomous communities within a decentralised governance framework. A regional composite sustainability index is developed, integrating economic, social and environmental intensity indicators.
Francisco José Castillo‐Díaz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Short and long-run time-of-use price elasticities in Swiss residential electricity demand [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper presents an empirical analysis on the residential demand for electricity by time-of-day. This analysis has been performed using aggregate data at the city level for 22 Swiss cities for the period 2000 to 2006.
Massimo Filippini
core  

A hybrid society model for simulating residential electricity consumption

open access: yesInternational Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 2008
Abstract In this paper, a hybrid social model of econometric model and social influence model is proposed for evaluating the influence of pricing policy and public education policy on residential habit of electricity using in power resources management.
Minjie Xu   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Estimating Residential Electricity Consumption in Nigeria to Support Energy Transitions

open access: yes, 2018
Considering the challenge of accessing reliable household metering data in Nigeria, how can electricity consumption levels be determined? And how do disparities in electricity consumption patterns across the country affect the pursuit of sustainability ...
Kayode M. Olaniyan   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Addressing the Attitude Behaviour Perception Gap—Multimethod Sustainable Tourist Behaviour Evaluation

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Quantitative and perceptual studies have been used to define and model sustainable tourist behaviour in past years, but few studies have undertaken qualitative research of actual behaviour to delve deeper into understanding the different classifications of such behaviour. This research employed a three‐phase design, comprising a pretrip survey,
Rachel Dodds, Mark Robert Holmes
wiley   +1 more source

An Empirical analysis of electricity consumption in Cyprus [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper presents the first empirical analysis of electricity consumption in Cyprus. Using annual data from 1960 to 2004, we have examined electricity use in the residential and the services sectors, which are the fastest-growing electricity consumers ...
Nicoletta Pashourtidou   +1 more
core  

Dilemma of direct rebound effect and climate change on residential electricity consumption in Pakistan

open access: yesEnergy Reports, 2018
Energy efficiency improvements owing to technological progress in the energy-using appliances and equipment lower effective price of energy services and, in turn, result into behavioural ex-post increase in the consumption of energy.
Shahzad Alvi, Z. Mahmood, S. Nawaz
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Classification model of electricity consumption behavior based on sparse denoising autoencoder feature dimensionality reduction and spectral clustering

open access: yesInternational Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
The development of electrical measurement technology has brought high latitude residential electricity consumption data to power companies, which contains the characteristics of users' electricity consumption behavior and provides data support for the ...
Yifan Huang, Zhengnan Yao, Qifeng Xu
doaj   +1 more source

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